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Shield World 0001 (commonly known as Requiem) is the oldest shield world as well as the most heavily fortified.{{Ref/Reuse|h4guide}} It was built long before the [[human-Forerunner wars]] and served as a template for the construction of the other shield worlds.{{Ref/Reuse|sil278}} Requiem once served as the nexus of operations for the [[Promethean]] class of [[Warrior-Servant]]s but was sealed off shortly before the end of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].{{Ref/Reuse|h4guide}} [[John-117]] and [[Cortana]] found themselves on Requiem in [[2557|July 2557]],<ref>''Game Informer'' (''May 2012''), ''page 41''</ref> where they encountered [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]], the occupying Prometheans, and eventually the crew of {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}. John accidentally released the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] from his imprisonment in [[Core of Requiem|Requiem's core]]; after helping ''Infinity'' escape the Spartan attempted to stop the Forerunner from acquiring the device known as the [[Composer]]. The Didact escaped in his ship ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' but the two successfully pursued him.{{Ref/Level|H4|[[Shutdown]]}} Six months later, in [[2558|February 2558]], the UNSC, the Covenant, and the Promethean forces returned to [[Requiem Campaign|fight for control]] of the shield world,<ref>''Spartan Ops'', [[S1/Departure|S1E1 ''Departure'']]</ref> which ended when  Jul 'Mdama put Requiem on a collision course with [[Epoloch system|its star]], destroying both bodies.<ref>''[[Spartan Ops]]'' [[S1/Exodus|S1E10 ''Exodus'']]</ref>

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Shield World 006{{Ref/Novel|TTW|Page=120}} (designated "ONI Research Facility Trevelyan" by the UNSC){{Ref/Novel|Id=glass397|Gla|Page=397}} is a Dyson sphere formerly housed within a slipspace bubble of compressed dimensionality, having a diameter of only 23 centimeters in normal space.{{Ref/Novel|Gla|Chapter=10}} The slipspace bubble was located in the center of the artificial planet Onyx before the planet dissolved and the slipspace rift was deactivated.{{Ref/Novel|Id=glass378|Gla|Page=378}} The sphere itself is approximately two astronomical units (300 million kilometers) in diameter and weighs approximately 1.37 solar masses. The Dyson sphere's default environmental conditions are suitable for [[Earth]]-based life but the climate settings can be adjusted for other species' requirements. When Onyx was intact, the only means of access to Shield World 006 was a small portal, which was located inside a [[Core room antechamber|massive antechamber]] in the core of the artificial planet.{{Ref/Reuse|goo311}}

Near the end of the [[Onyx Conflict]] on [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]], Covenant [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] led [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|his forces]] in an attempt to access Shield World 006. However, [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[Kurt Ambrose]] detonated a pair of [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s within the core room antechamber after his comrades had passed through the portal, denying the Covenant access. The human survivors, including Spartan-II [[Blue Team]], several [[SPARTAN-III Program|Spartan-IIIs]], Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], and [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]], were then trapped within the shield world. Shortly thereafter, the installation's [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels]] destroyed the artificial surface of Onyx.{{Ref/Novel|GoO|Page=378}} After spending several days in the sphere — over three months in normal space-time — the survivors encountered a population of [[Huragok]] which had been left behind to maintain the sphere. They eventually managed to convince the Huragok into transitioning the shield world into normal space.{{Ref/Novel|Gla|Page=380}} Soon after, the Office of Naval Intelligence made the installation into a research facility to acquire the Forerunner technologies housed there.{{Ref/Reuse|glass397}} With the outbreak of the [[Created conflict]], the residents of the shield world had it returned to slipspace to act as a measure of protection against [[Cortana]] and her [[Created]] servants. However, conflict continues between the joint human-Sangheili forces on the shield world and the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]] who later retreated to [[Mackintosh]], a planet in the [[Zeta Doradus system]] that had been caught in Sarcophagus' orbit when it had been removed from slipspace. Mackintosh was subsequently pulled into the slipspace bubble with the shield world when the residents ordered its return for their protection against the Created.{{Ref/Novel|LoO}}

===Shield World 0459===

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Shield World 10021 served as an archive for the [[Juridical]] [[rate]]. This shield world was located in the [[Orion Arm|Orion Spur]] of the [[Milky Way]].{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=13}}

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